As part of our continued commitment to safety, Ruston Paving is rolling out a Safety Pledge that is being signed by all employees in each division. This Safety Pledge will then be displayed in our respective offices to encourage employees to always Think Safety. In signing the Safety Pledge, each employee vows to: Never compromise my...
Every year, hundreds of accidents and injuries occur from rollaway vehicles in which a motor vehicle, after the transmission has been locked into a parked position, is believed to have rolled either forward or backward by the transmission purposefully or inadvertently moving or slipping into another gear position. Operators experiencing roll-away and/or runaways have been pinned...
You never know when an unexpected emergency may occur. Here at Ruston Paving, we try to prepare our employees for any situation that they may encounter, which is why our Director of Field Operations, Al Dominy, has been instructing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training to the Ruston Paving workforce. With all of our divisions getting back into the...
Ruston Paving recently implemented a daily Stretch ‘n’ Flex program for all our employees. Just like an athlete who needs to stretch before a game, our workers are no different. The program’s stretches can prepare the body for everyday work stresses. This is done through stretching and strengthening the specific muscles that are commonly associated with strains...
While working at the Chesleigh Subdivision project in Wake Forest, North Carolina, two of our employees helped save another man’s life. A landscaping company was working near our crews and Mike Myers, our paving foreman on the job, noticed one of the landscapers experiencing a seizure due to heat stroke. Mike, along with Ronnie Street, one of our truck drivers, quickly...
As we delve into new projects in the 2014 season, Ruston Paving has taken on a new safety project as well. Director of Field Operations Al Dominy has been bouncing between divisions to instruct Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid training to the Ruston Paving workforce. Here are a few Rochester employees getting hands on CPR...
Congratulations are in order for Ruston Paving employee Art Metcalf. Art, the general superintendent for our Greensboro division, recently completed further Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training and is now authorized to teach the OSHA 10 and 30 hour classes. As an authorized trainer, Art will help keep our workers and supervisors safe on...
At right are members of the Rochester NY Division reviewing trailering safety as part of the weekly toolbox talk. Derek Endres, the General Superintendent says “We do a lot of trailering of our equipment and we can’t be too careful about trailering safety”. As part of the demonstration, Derek completed a sample “walk-around” to identify all...
